Happy Mar10 day!

[zeroguy]

Did you all have a fun Mar10 day?



(okay, I got nothing else; I just thought the idea of this was funny)

[jotabe]

lol XD
rate up!
post count +1!

[BonitoDeMadrid]

Huh. And I thought you meant "Happy Martian Day"; The thought of a Mario day didn't even come to mind.

[JayeIIe]

Heehee. I love days like that. It seems like with the internet, fun things like this can spread.
It's almost Pi day!!

[Gravity Defier]

Huh. And I thought you meant "Happy Martian Day"

I had a similar reaction, only I thought he meant "Happy Martin Day" and that was even after seeing Mario.

Mar10->Mar ten->Martin.

Then it was like, "Who the hell is Martin? Did Mario change his name?...Oh. Mario."

I am that old (enough) person who tries to be hip and never quite pulls it off. Darn computer-twisted language.

[Dr. Mobius]

Wow, I'm slow. Even after reading Alea's post it still took me a few minutes to figure out that the one and zero are supposed to be I and O in leetspeak instead of ten.

[human.]

Huh. And I thought you meant "Happy Martian Day"

I had a similar reaction, only I thought he meant "Happy Martin Day" and that was even after seeing Mario.

Mar10->Mar ten->Martin.

Then it was like, "Who the hell is Martin? Did Mario change his name?...Oh. Mario."

I am that old (enough) person who tries to be hip and never quite pulls it off. Darn computer-twisted language.

This was nearly my exact thought process.

Though admittedly, the first thing I thought when I saw Happy Mar(#) was Pi Day. MIT admission decisions come out March 14 at 1:59 PM!

But yay Mario! Super Mario Brothers/Duck Hunt combo pack for the Super Nintendo was the first video game I ever played.

[zeroguy]

MIT admission decisions come out March 14 at 1:59 PM!

Well, that's dumb. They should come out at 0159. The admittees are largely probably up at that hour anyway...

[jotabe]

But yay Mario! Super Mario Brothers/Duck Hunt combo pack for the Super Nintendo was the first video game I ever played.

QFT! That damn dog in duck hunt... scarred me emotionally... i hear voices laughing....

[BonitoDeMadrid]

MIT admission decisions come out March 14 at 1:59 PM!

Well, that's dumb. They should come out at 0159. The admittees are largely probably up at that hour anyway...

Wrong: Pi is 3.14159263........infinity (I hope I remembered correctly after the 9); there's no zero after the first '4', so it's more accurate to publish the decisions at 1:59 PM than at 01:59 AM.

Though yes, the admittees are largely probably up by that point.

Also: MIT's admission decisions publishing policy FTW!

[Jayelle]

Holy cow, guys, it's actually Mario MONTH! I just got a package today that had MAR10 on it and I was, like, whoa. Mario.

*goes off to play some Gamecube*

[Syphon the Sun]

Wrong: Pi is 3.14159263........infinity (I hope I remembered correctly after the 9); there's no zero after the first '4', so it's more accurate to publish the decisions at 1:59 PM than at 01:59 AM.

Though yes, the admittees are largely probably up by that point.

Also: MIT's admission decisions publishing policy FTW!

You do realize that this makes absolutely no sense whatsoever, right?

Why is it "more accurate" to publish the decisions at 01:59 PM (13:59) than 01:59 AM?

[zeroguy]

You do realize that this makes absolutely no sense whatsoever, right?

Why is it "more accurate" to publish the decisions at 01:59 PM (13:59) than 01:59 AM?

Technically, he said it makes more sense to publish at 1:59 PM than 01:59 AM. Makes sense to me: it would also be more logical to publish at 1:59 AM than at 01:59 AM, by that reasoning.

But I don't buy that; the leading 0 doesn't need to be there, it's just a notational convention. One (1) hour and fifty-nine (59) minutes after midnight, 159, is when it should be.

[BonitoDeMadrid]

I was referring to the zero before the '1' (and-somewhat- trying to be a smartass; sorry 'bout that); if there's no '0', then both the answers are logical.